Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil

Brazil: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 166.68 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
166.68 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
61st
of 241 countries
All-time high
179.86 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
141.31 1000 ha
in 2005
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil, 1992–2022

0501001502001992200720221992: 179.9 1000 ha1993: 176.5 1000 ha1994: 173.5 1000 ha1995: 168.4 1000 ha1996: 165.3 1000 ha1997: 162.5 1000 ha1998: 160.3 1000 ha1999: 159.7 1000 ha2000: 158.8 1000 ha2001: 154.5 1000 ha2002: 145.2 1000 ha2003: 143.6 1000 ha2004: 142.2 1000 ha2005: 141.3 1000 ha2006: 141.7 1000 ha2007: 142 1000 ha2008: 142.3 1000 ha2009: 144 1000 ha2010: 147.3 1000 ha2011: 147.2 1000 ha2012: 149.2 1000 ha2013: 149.7 1000 ha2014: 149.6 1000 ha2015: 149.3 1000 ha2016: 157.8 1000 ha2017: 157.7 1000 ha2018: 160.1 1000 ha2019: 164.7 1000 ha2020: 164.9 1000 ha2021: 166.3 1000 ha2022: 166.7 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 166.68 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil peaked at 179.86 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 141.31 1000 ha, in 2005.

That places Brazil 61st out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 168.27 1000 ha 159.65 1000 ha 179.86 1000 ha 8
2000s 145.57 1000 ha 141.31 1000 ha 158.76 1000 ha 10
2010s 153.25 1000 ha 147.22 1000 ha 164.65 1000 ha 10
2020s 165.98 1000 ha 164.92 1000 ha 166.68 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 58 Italy 239.5 1000 ha compare
  2. 59 New Zealand 229.51 1000 ha compare
  3. 60 Jordan 194.09 1000 ha compare
  4. 62 Burkina Faso 160.17 1000 ha compare
  5. 63 Philippines 156.49 1000 ha compare
  6. 64 Cyprus 130.71 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil was 166.68 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 179.86 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 141.31 1000 ha in 2005.
How does Brazil rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Brazil ranks 61st out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.